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Halo Custom Edition News
We heard from Dennis Powers about a bunch of new maps from the Community Mapping Team (CMT G3 Vestigial, CMT G3 Ruins, CMT G3 Mousetrap, and CMT G3 Augur), along with 240692 from Jepr (inspired by Narrows) and Pitfall by MoooseGuy (unique water feature). These are just a few of the 68 new files added in July. We also heard from Higuy about Lumoria – there’s a new video showing off the map along with news and screenshots to fill out the details. Pretty impressive!(Louis Wu 20:51:42 UTC)
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Reach 360 Design Comments
Long day, no time for Halo (::sadface::) – lessee what we got. First up: small article at Wired.com about the Reach 360 – nice little interview on the design. Thanks, Mark V. (If you want to hear the sound this puppy makes when you boot it up, watch this vid.)(Louis Wu 20:51:10 UTC)
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AH: Weekly Recap – July 24th
Community
–DeathSpank Map Guide
–More Mass Effect 2 DLC coming
–Achievement Hunter anniversary game-day details
–Weekend Hunt
AH Videos
–Mel Gibson Calls Niko Bellic
–RLA – Start the Day with a Beer
–CUBE BASE PROTECT WITHOUT SHOT, CUBE FORCE OF DESTRUCTION LASER, and CUBE ABSURDLY EXPLOSIVE BOMB video guide in Death By Cube
–It’s Stuck, Urban Exploration, Wrong Way, and Altitude is attitude video guide in LIMBO
–Alone in the Dark, Climbing the Cog, and Backtracking video guide in LIMBO
–Guided by Sparks, Under Ground, and Going Up video guide in LIMBO
Community Videos
–Mother My Brain Hurts and That Wheel? video guide in Singularity from Fragger
Achievements
-Added achievements for Alien Swarm
-Added achievements for Castlevania: Harmony of Despair
-Added achievements for KrissX
-Added achievements for Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
-Added multiplayer achievements for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Trophies
-Added trophies for BlazBlue: Continuum Shift
-Added trophies for Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse Ep. 4
-Added trophies for Little League World Series 2010
-Added trophies for Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
-Added DLC trophies for ZEN Pinball
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RT: Comic Con
Hey Everyone,
Here’s today’s comic. Sorry it’s a tad late. I’ve been in the booth at Comic Con all day, and just now had the opportunity to sneak away and post it. If you’re in San Diego right now, you know how crazy things are. Also, why are you reading this and not stopping by booth 1437 to say hi? Sheesh. Some people…
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AH: Achievement Hunter Anniversary Game-Day with Burnout Paradise!

As some of you may know this coming Wednesday is the super awesome amazing second Anniversary of Achievement Hunter! It has so far been an amazing two years with tons of videos to help you all increase your gamer score! BUT way back in the begining Jack made a video in Burnout Paradise. This became the start of Achievement Hunter in the way we view it today. So in celebration of this on July 28th at 8pm CST (-6 GMT) we will be hosting a Game Day in that very same game! So now is a good time to go out and grab this VERY good game! You can also buy it on the marketplace here
Official sign-ups AND more details will start on Monday. See you there!
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urk sez ‘NOBODY SCOOPS ME’
I’m pretty sure the Bungie Weekly Update this week sets all sorts of records for length, number of topics, number of embedded videos, number of screenshots, number of interviews… it’s insane. I’m not even going to TRY to summarize it for you – just go read it. You’ll find a far cleaner version in our Weekly Update Archive, if you need it.(Louis Wu 02:01:43 UTC)
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AH: Weekend Hunt

Got just a few Hunts going on, but with 20x XP in Gears 2 this is hardly surprising.
First up we have jnp08 killing zombie after zombie inLeft 4 Dead, going for all achievements including Crash Course DLC.
Saturday, July 24th at 12pm AST (Alaska Standard Time)/4 EST
Get in contact with jnp08 here on Achievement Hunter
Next we have Damaster11 with the big one, 20x XP event inGears of War 2, ideally he needs 8 people to boost XP in social King of the Hill. The man has a plan!
This really started yesterday, and will finish when the XP modifier does on the 25th.
Contact Damaster11 here on AH, or via his gamertag of the same name.
Finally, RoboDevil returns again with two games for the weekend. Halo 3 which will be the 24th, he needs 3 people for a quick Legendary playthrough. On Sunday the 25th it’s Battlefield: Bad Company 2 going through Onslaught mode once on Easy, and then again on Hardcore!
Contact the man here on AH, or via his Gamertag: Masked Cleric
If you want to host a future Weekend Hunt, post the details in this group thread to get some frontpage attention.
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SDCC Reach Panel on YouTube
The Halo Reach Panel is now up on YouTube – go watch! Thanks, Letters.(Louis Wu 20:09:16 UTC)
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RT: Ready for my close-up!
The office is empty right now, so it fell to me to post the comic, I will now take this time to clarify a few things:
1. I don’t own a Fleshlight. (Brandon does.)
2. Geoff smells like butts.
3. If you are at Comic-Con, go visit Geoff and Gus at booth #1437. Ask them to record an outgoing voicemail message for you. Or just have them do quotes over and over again (in character). Also, ask which one does the voice of Caboose.That is all, have a wonderful day!
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Waypoint Content Explosion – with Forklifts
Minime637 also pointed out the boatload of new content you can find on Halo Waypoint. For the most part, we leave Waypoint material on Waypoint… but their Fun with Forklifts video was too funny to pass up. It’s just a minute long; you can download HD versions from us in QuickTime or WMP9 (about 30mb), or stream it in 480p. I wanna drive a forklift!(Louis Wu 19:20:49 UTC)
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Inside Xbox: SDCC Coverage
Minime637 pointed out an Inside Xbox feature containing an interview with Chris Carney – we’ve made it available on the web, for folks without access to LIVE. You can download HD versions in QuickTime format (64mb) or WMP9 format (75mb), or watch it streaming in 480p. Highlights include a nice description of Firefight Versus mode, and footage of a Revenant in action. Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:21:36 UTC)
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Reach Wireless Headset
AfroRyan noticed that Kotaku has a small article on the Reach themed wireless headset – it’s attractive! Go look. $50, available in late August.(Louis Wu 18:16:03 UTC)
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Fancy Reach Selector Updated
onebitrocket updated his Halo Reach Edition Selector, with new info released by Bungie yesterday. Looks pretty nice! (Louis Wu 18:15:25 UTC)
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AH: Gears Of War 2 20x XP Weekend Details

So it is finally here! The event we all helped happen will be starting July 22nd at 12:30 PM EST (-5 GMT) until July 25th at 8:00 PM EST (once again -5 GMT). But there will be some extra things going on in those Horde Waves as the official release states:
If thats not enough, were shaking up Horde with waves of Bolters (Boltok-slingin Drones), Boomers (every flavor), and Bloodmounts (oh, craprun!).
A wave of Bloodmounts. Combine that with Flame Throwers and it might be a good time to snag Is It Hot or Is That Just You? as long as you play in a Dark Corners map. No matter what though, people will have a ton of fun this weekend playing some Gears 2 and snagging those level achievements. One final note:Rod Fergusson (the guy we all follow on Twitter now) did slyly mention that 20x won’t be the highest Gears 2 will get . . .
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AH: Death By Cube: 3 More Achievements
‘Sup, guys?
So Casey and I got another Death by Cube video for you, this time covering 3 more Achievements along the way. This pretty much covers all the major stuff in the game, aside from 2 multiplayer Achievements (we may need people for that later), and the big one for getting a medal in every level, and apparently some of the last ones are a bitch. We’ll see how it goes. Either way, enjoy!
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RT: Rooster Teeth Panel at Comic Con Thurs 11 AM in Room 25abc
Rooster Teeth will be crashing Comic Con Thursday morning. The guys will be giving a sneak preview of some cool new rvb footage and making some really awesome announcements. It’s at 11 AM in room 25 abc.
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AH: More Mass Effect 2 DLC coming! Now with more Liara
[WARNING: Mass Effect 2 Spoilers about the beginning of the game inbound]
The oft rumored DLC that involves Liara and the Shadow Broker is finally coming! In the DLC titled Lair of the Shadow Broker would end the plot thread that started in the Game/Comics involving Liara and the Shadow Broker. For those of you who do not know (didn’t do the Liara quests in the game or read the comic) what happened in the comics is that after the Normandy 1 crashed and Shepard kinda died the Collectors contacted the Shadow Broker in order get his body. Liara found out about this and the proverbial shit hit the fan. She fought against him and most of her team died. THEN in the game (if you help her) you can help Liara start narrowing down where the Shadow Broker is hiding and other things my boozed brain cannot remember.
So that brings us to the DLC. This would (one would assume) bring her tracking of the Shadow Broker to an end with a well written mission and some new dialog! What the pictures show (which I will post at the end) is that she is along for the ride and not squadable. Kinda sad but I would stand to believe that it would kinda mess up the narrative story in the main game. What this means in achievements? I have no clue BUT more Mass Effect 2 DLC means more time that disc gets to spin in my 360.
Release date and price are TBA. OH LOOK PICTURE!





